Hip-hop……a music genre once regarded as an influential, ground-breaking art form before it turned into a corporate marketing machine whose main purpose is to maximize ringtone profits by selling disposable music that reinforces negative black stereotypes and materialistic spending tendencies.

With so many "dance instructors" and fake ganstas that exist in hip-hop's current "Age of Ignorance", it's difficult to find artists who remind us that hip-hop used to be a creative form of expression.

So....if you long for the variety and originality that hip-hop used to offer and need to be reassured that hip-hop with substance still exist....than look no further than 857.

857 is a Long Island, NY based, racially diverse, multi-talented act representing “The Cure for the Cliché” for real hip-hop fans searching for a much need alternative to the genre’s current "Age of Ignorance".  The group's sound is about as diverse as their racial background,  ranging from party anthems, self awareness, roleplaying, storytelling,  personal reflection, etc.

In addition to offering a wide variety of song topics and concepts, they're even versatile enough to blend their music with rock, reggae, R&B, pop, spoken word and techno influences.  Many of those ideas are featured on the site, others are currently in the works.  But the bottom line is, I shouldn't have to tell you that 857's music is the quintessential missing ingredient that's necessary for hip-hop's revival and evolution....I'll do better...by letting the music do the talking...